This is awesome. Perhaps we should package this?
--Eric
On Jul 31, 2011 9:00 AM, "John J. McDonough" <wb8rcr@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is aimed at Sparks, but I'm posting here because it may be of
> interest to others.
>
> The Amateur Radio applications in Fedora 15 get scattered among
> apparently random categories, making them hard to find and use.
>
> alacarte does exist for Fedora 15, and although you can create
> categories, they do nothing.
>
> *BUT*, all is not lost:
>
>
> Create a file /usr/share/desktop-directories/AmateurRadio.directory thusly:
>
> [Desktop Entry]
> Name=Amateur Radio
> Name[ca]=ràdio Amateur
> Name[cs]=amatérské rádio
> Name[el]=ΡαΎιοεà αà ƒÃŽÂ¹Ã „뵈 ‡ÃŽÂœÃŽÂ¹Ã ƒÃŽÂŒÃ ŒÃ ‚
> Name[es]=Radio Amateur
> Name[fi]=Radioamatööriliitto
> Name[fr]=Radio-amateur
> Name[hu]=amatÃ…‘r Rádió
> Name[it]=radioamatori
> Name[sv]=amatörradio
> /usr/share/desktop-directories/AmateurRadio.directory
> Icon=applications-electronics
> Type=Directory
>
> (Probably some of the oddball characters won't transfer nicely through
> email, chances are you don't log in Finnish all that often anyway.)
>
> Next, add the following section to /etc/xdg/menus/applications-gnome.menu
>
> <!-- Amateur Radio -->
> <Menu>
> <Name>Amateur Radio</Name>
> <Directory>AmateurRadio.directory</Directory>
> <Include>
> <Or>
> <Category>AmateurRadio</Category>
> </Or>
> <Or>
> <Category>HamRadio</Category>
> </Or>
> </Include>
> </Menu> <!-- End Amateur Radio -->
>
> Most of the amateur radio applications will appear in a new, Amateur
> Radio category (might need to reboot - seems a bit schizophrenic). For
> those that don't, add the HamRadio category to
> the .desktop file.
>
> --McD
>
>
>
> This is aimed at Sparks, but I'm posting here because it may be of
> interest to others.
>
> The Amateur Radio applications in Fedora 15 get scattered among
> apparently random categories, making them hard to find and use.
>
> alacarte does exist for Fedora 15, and although you can create
> categories, they do nothing.
>
> *BUT*, all is not lost:
>
>
> Create a file /usr/share/desktop-directories/AmateurRadio.directory thusly:
>
> [Desktop Entry]
> Name=Amateur Radio
> Name[ca]=ràdio Amateur
> Name[cs]=amatérské rádio
> Name[el]=ΡαΎιοεà αà ƒÃŽÂ¹Ã „뵈 ‡ÃŽÂœÃŽÂ¹Ã ƒÃŽÂŒÃ ŒÃ ‚
> Name[es]=Radio Amateur
> Name[fi]=Radioamatööriliitto
> Name[fr]=Radio-amateur
> Name[hu]=amatÃ…‘r Rádió
> Name[it]=radioamatori
> Name[sv]=amatörradio
> /usr/share/desktop-directories/AmateurRadio.directory
> Icon=applications-electronics
> Type=Directory
>
> (Probably some of the oddball characters won't transfer nicely through
> email, chances are you don't log in Finnish all that often anyway.)
>
> Next, add the following section to /etc/xdg/menus/applications-gnome.menu
>
> <!-- Amateur Radio -->
> <Menu>
> <Name>Amateur Radio</Name>
> <Directory>AmateurRadio.directory</Directory>
> <Include>
> <Or>
> <Category>AmateurRadio</Category>
> </Or>
> <Or>
> <Category>HamRadio</Category>
> </Or>
> </Include>
> </Menu> <!-- End Amateur Radio -->
>
> Most of the amateur radio applications will appear in a new, Amateur
> Radio category (might need to reboot - seems a bit schizophrenic). For
> those that don't, add the HamRadio category to
> the .desktop file.
>
> --McD
>
>
>
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